one house at a time
as vicentinas
ROOMS
3
Flexibility allows for each house to be separated in two independent, smaller, units.
pescadores
TWO SINGLE FAMILY HOUSES
LOCATION
153 sqm / house (2 houses)
AREA
BONUS TRACK
ROOMS
1
A sequence of traditional Algarve urban spaces under a roof.
pinhal
SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE
LOCATION
40 sqm
AREA
BONUS TRACK
locally grown houses
In flora, when common species hit ground in Costa Vicentina, its characteristics change and a new breed is born.
Architecture should do so as well.
as vicentinas is our take on the development of a new local species.
One house at a time.
matoso
SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE
LOCATION
120 sqm
AREA
BONUS TRACK
ROOMS
3
The plot connects two different streets.
No front or rear facade, just two different ways of inhabiting Vila do Bispo historic centre.
maio
SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE
LOCATION
125 sqm
AREA
BONUS TRACK
ROOMS
2
A house within a garden rather than a house with a garden.
A cascade of outdoor spaces lead greenery from the ground-floor grass and flower garden to the first floor pergola and from there to the rooftop Prune-Tree-shaded viewpoint.
outeiro
SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE
LOCATION
90 sqm
AREA
BONUS TRACK
ROOMS
1
Sea viewpoint and sunbathing spot hanging 5.5m above the ground.
Along the way up, domestic life happens in an open, full height, interior space.
moinho
SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE
LOCATION
40 sqm
AREA
BONUS TRACK
FOUR HOUSES CONDOMINIUM
AREA
145 sqm / house (4 houses)
ROOMS
3 / house
BONUS TRACK
Variated outdoor spaces - garden, porch, balcony, niche, patio, rooftop - to fit variable hours, stations, climates and personal moods.
tonel
LOCATION
SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE
bica
LOCATION
AREA
152 sqm
ROOMS
3
BONUS TRACK
What if Praia do Beliche was a house?
The house blocks north winds and views to assure the perfect conditions to its south-facing private garden.
Almost all-year-round beach conditions.
ROOMS
2
A wind-sheltered sun-bathed viewpoint one can sleep on
cerro
SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE
LOCATION
80 sqm
AREA
BONUS TRACK
ROOMS
3
The house as a way to inhabit nature. From rooftop to underwater.
From sunrise to sunset.
norte
SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE
LOCATION
180 sqm
AREA
BONUS TRACK
primeira
SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE
LOCATION
32 sqm
AREA
BONUS TRACK
ROOMS
3
Yoga mat meets Açoteia (Algarve traditional tile-paved flat roof)
veiga
SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE
LOCATION
135 sqm
AREA
BONUS TRACK
ROOMS
3
Sun-bathed, wind-sheltered spaces toped by a sea and lighthouse view rooftop.
mercado
THREE HOUSES CONDOMINIUM
LOCATION
119 sqm / house (3 houses)
AREA
BONUS TRACK
flexible plan
Every house plan allows for a unit (room+bathroom = small studio) to be used integrated or separated through an independent access.
Rent it, lend it, share it, keep it.
sun facing rooftop
Sunny South, Windy North.
Each vicentina has a rooftop solving this equation and extending unlimited views over the surroundings.
inhabitable windows
Windows thick enough to inhabit.
The openings are designed as spatial displays to live the exterior rather than just framing it.
endemic green facade
Each vicentina is a new piece in an existing fauna and flora environment. In that sense, the facade is used to kindly add flora (and, indirectly, fauna) to the place it is inserted to.
Compensating construction with plantation right on the spot, not somewhere else.
locally sourced materials
Both Alentejo and Algarve have a century-old amazing range of traditional materials, colors, architectural solutions and construction techniques.
Every vicentina is an opportunity to learn from and use this patrimony.
territory color palette
The tectonic landscape of Costa Vicentina
turns visible the beautiful layers it's made of.
As vicentinas, at its small scale, extends
this unique palette into the thin new layer they're adding to the existing territory.
Pedro Barata and Pedro Silva are the co-founders of as vicentinas.
They have been traveling to the south of Portugal to surf for twenty years, to design houses for ten and to advise and invest in real estate for five.
Pedro and Pedro are also the founders of Anarchlab, the award-winning architecture company based in Lisbon and Porto (and now Vila do Bispo).
While Anarchlab has both architecture and construction management parts covered in as vicentinas, frequent site visits and preferred local partners continuously survey the local real estate.
picture taken by Alex del Rio for Condé Nast Traveler